2019 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Entrepreneurship and Investing in Early Stage Companies

What should investors look for when selecting a company to invest in? What are tips and tricks for identifying a promising start-up? This session will focus on the experiences of being an investor in early stage companies.

Chair

Shyam Paudel, Brewer Sciences Inc

Presentations

08:00 AM

(328a) Investing in University Startups: How to Pick the Winners
David Mackanic

08:30 AM

(328b) Why Silicon Valley does not understand Enterprise AI
Praful Krishna

09:00 AM

(328c) Presentation by Eric Breese, Evonik Venture Capital
Eric Breese

09:30 AM

(328d) Understanding Venture Capital Funding Decisions and Using Initial Funding to Build a Successful Startup
Jason Zeng

10:00 AM

(328e) Patents as a Tool to Get Startup Technology Companies Started
Shan Liu